ECE 459: Project Guidelines and Topics

You may pick a topic in one of the areas given below some other topic
of your choice that is relevant to the course. Use a database like the
INSPEC electronic index at the U of I library web site to
get a list of papers on the topic. Your strategy should be to first
look for a good journal article on the topic. The journal article may
not contain the most recent developments in the area, but should give
you a good idea of the issues involved. Supplement this journal
article with other journal articles and more recent conference
proceedings papers and look for any loose ends in them. You may want
to try and follow up these loose ends with ideas of your. However, the
emphasis of the project is on understanding the topic of your project
thoroughly and not on original research. You will be required to make
a 1/2 hour presentation in class on your project. Good luck!

Note: Recent IEEE journal articles are avaible to U of I students
through the IEEE
Xplore database.

A one-page project proposal is due in
class on October 10, 2000. This should include a brief
description of your project and a list of relevant
references.